is an amateur Japanese

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, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He won two gold medals in his division at the

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, and at the 2010 Asian Games in

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, defeating India's Jogender Singh and pinning Kyrgyzstan's Kanybek Zholchubekov, respectively. Hasegawa is also a member of the wrestling team for Fukuichi Gyogyo Co. Ltd., and is coached and trained by Hiroshi Ohta. Hasegawa represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He defeated Belarus' Elbek Tazhyieu in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Danish wrestler and two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Hasegawa without a single point.

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Profile – International Wrestling Database
1984 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Japan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Japanese male sport wrestlers Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub